Means for securing name-plates.



F. H. AULD.

MEANS FOR SEQURING NAME PLATES.

ffAPPLzcATIoN FILED ocr. 5. 1914.

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lretenant Feb. 21, 1911.

Application tiled etebel' l, 1914 .V lerlll Ip. $000.

To cwlwmst concern.'

' Be it known t at' I, Fmmniucx Howann Aim), azlitizen of thelUnited'Sttrs, residingat umh' us,'int eeounty'o ranklin' and State of` Ohio, have invented a `certain '4 new `and useful Improvement in'Meansfor Securing Name-Plates, of which the follow` in isa speci4 `ication.

lhe object of this invention is to provide a convenient and effective' means for securing a 'name plate or other article upon; .another object or structure and 'espeoiallvf upon articles constructed of sheetv metal, wood, paperboard, hard rubber or other material where a name plate is desired and can' bel ap lied. Itis iall 'my object to provie means where suc plates can be so securedgas to render their removal diiiicult. V

The invention is embodied in the example shown in the accompanying drawing and 'set forth in the following specification, the invention not being confined' inits practical embodiment and application to theforms, msterials1 aid u ses shown and stated. l n sal rawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of the face of the name plate. p

Fig.' 2 is a central sectional view'of the sccuring member unattached to the name p ate. l

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the name plate without the attaching device shown in l Fig. @illustrates the same parts as are Fi 2. v

Fig. 4 is a central section showing the securing member applied to the name plate.

Fig. 5 illustrates the device prepared as shown in Fig. 4 placed in an orifice in an gbjet to which the name plate is to be Pseshown-in Fig. 5`hut witl he securing member spread 'into securing position.

Fi 7 is a plan'view of the rear side of the: evice;

'In the views .10 designates the name plate, one side or the face of which may be left blankfor provided' with any suitable symbol ornamentation or legend Vor all orany'oiV these, while the other side contains, preferab1y, a, circular boss 10. The name plate .has its ed e rabbeted as shown to form a.

rim 10 an an annular flange'lOF around the jisy laced on the n .name plate. 11 `designates thesecurin member which is bee farmed of sheet ma :fw

- member is shown as of circular form and initially of 'a diameter equal toI or .less than the dlameter of the name plate at the .rim 10". The securing 1s made with' a 4central orifice' 11, a dat The securing margin ll'f'around` the orifice 11' and a concave-convex rim 11". The securing device e plate with' the concave' si Lff'fgof the rim acing the rear side of the naine.l plate and with the orifice' fitting around -the boss 10 and the latter .is spun or bent over, as shown in Fig. 4, to clenchor ailix the securinglmembento the 4name plate.

e device to another struc- In appl t ,t re a wafll'bg the structure such as shown a is rovided with a through hole of substantial y the diameter ofthe device at the rim 10" .and into this hole is inserted the device "as shownin Fi 5. A blow. or suit-l ablepressure upon t e 4securing devce'- is then applied so as to spread the margin of the concave-convex rim of the securing (le--V vice outward over the margin 'of the part 12 around the hole therein, as shown in Fig. 6. The'blov'vr or rassure pro is member not to be such as to entirel flatten he con- A cavo-convex rim but shou d be such as to leave some convexity so as t0. cause the rim of the securing member to en the wall 12 with a ressure. n other words the face of,

thesecuring mem r is left in a state of tension pressing upon the face of the wall, bindin cient tightness to prevent its movement in any direction therein and preventing its're- 'maval exceptby destructive measures.

What I claim is- V Means for securin a memberto 'another structure, consisting 1n the combination with such member, of a plate constituting a securing member attached to the first named member, said securing plate being concaved and adapted to be spread edgewise into tensioned engagement with a face of the structure to which the first named member is to be secured.

VFREDERICK HOWARD AULD.4

Witnesses:

Bi Bnooxs,

the device` to the wall with sui y 

